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• Garbage truck driver praised for quick thinking after vape causes fire: 'Deserves a raise'

  13-09-2026 16:09 via dailymail.com
  
  Firefighters rushed to a carpark on the Gold Coast on Friday after a binned battery triggered a rubbish truck fire.
  
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• King Charles was ‘elated like a lottery winner’ after Diana’s death, new book claims

  17-09-2026 18:39 via metro.co.uk
  
  The now King was ‘strangely matter-of-fact’ after Diana’s death (Picture: Jayne Fincher/Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)King Charles was ‘giddily elated like a lottery winner’ in phone call after Princess Diana’s death, his former brother-in-law has claimed.Earl Spencer said in his new book, Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, that Charles sounded ‘strangely matter-of-fact’ hours after the Princess of Wales died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.B
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown, 22, ‘adopts second baby’ with husband Jake Bongiovi, 24

  17-09-2026 18:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  The happy couple appear to have grown their family by one more (Picture: Getty)Millie Bobby Brown and husband Jake Bongiovi have reportedly welcomed a second child to their growing family.The Stranger Things star, 22, and her 24-year-old hubby announced the adoption of their first baby at the end of August last year and now appear to have added a second to the fold.A source told People that the happy couple are now parents to two.Neither has publicly addressed the news, but it seems as though t
  
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• Holyrood 'numpty nursery' jibe after blundering SNP and Green MSPs show the Scottish Parliament 'in very poor light'

  17-09-2026 18:33 via dailymail.com
  
  The Scottish Parliament has been branded a 'numpty nursery' after an SNP backbencher didn't know what a key national transport agency is.
  
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• Hospital boss doctored a review into baby deaths to make it look like two infants murdered by Lucy Letby died of natural causes, inquiry found

  17-09-2026 18:32 via dailymail.com
  
  Ian Harvey, 68, changed the document without the 'shocked' author's knowledge and used it to mislead the board at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
  
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• Fierce criticism as it emerges rapist cop was PROMOTED after sex attack allegations

  17-09-2026 18:30 via dailymail.com
  
  A rapist police officer was promoted after his arrest for an alleged attack on a woman, it has emerged.
  
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• Thames Water is introducing more regular bills for thousands of customers

  17-09-2026 18:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The majority of Thames Water customers are billed every six months, but between 110,000 and 120,000 are being moved to monthly billing by December
  
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• Outraged ex-Fox News star turned CEO is latest victim of American Airlines' tanking customer service... as pilots condemn embattled boss

  17-09-2026 18:13 via dailymail.com
  
  After she asked about the confusion, a desk agent allegedly told her that this 'happens all the time' before denying Francis a refund.
  
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• Poland warns Russia is 'plotting missile or drone strikes' on NATO in Europe

  17-09-2026 18:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Russia could launch 'hybrid drone or missile strikes' against his country and other countries on NATO's eastern flank
  
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• Business as usual for King Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton despite Earl Spencer’s damning comments

  17-09-2026 18:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The senior members of the Royal Family have all taken on engagements today, ignoring the drama surrounding Princess Diana’s brother and claims made in his book
  
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• Beloved Midwest radio and TV host dies by assisted suicide at Swiss clinic

  17-09-2026 18:06 via dailymail.com
  
  WGN Radio host Judy Markey died peacefully, aged 82, on September 11, 2026 at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland.
  
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• Mother arrested after body of baby found in Sydney bin

  17-09-2026 18:05 via dailymail.com
  
  She was taken to hospital for assessment and then arrested upon her release on Thursday evening.
  
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• You can play EA Sports FC 27 today if you own an Xbox

  17-09-2026 18:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Have you pre-ordered EA Sports FC 27? (EA)If you can’t bear to wait to take part in EA Sports FC 27’s early access period and own an Xbox, there is a way to start playing right now.Officially, EA Sports FC 27 doesn’t launch until next week, on September 25, but as always that’s not entirely true, thanks to the option of an early access period.As with previous entries, EA is including early access alongside pre-orders of EA Sports FC 27, although only for the more expensi
  
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• Border guard sacked for using company car to visit dying father and drop off dog medicine loses unfair dismissal case

  17-09-2026 18:00 via dailymail.com
  
  A Border Force officer has lost an unfair dismissal case after he was sacked for using a company car to make a detour to see his dying father.
  
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• Sandbanks property developer is cleared of strangling 'Amazonian' wife after she drew up divorce wish-list of £1m home, £35,000 Range Rover and £60,000 a year

  17-09-2026 17:48 via dailymail.com
  
  Paul Pressland, 63, said that while he was relieved at being cleared of the alleged attack on Gemma Martin, 52, at their £3million home in Poole, Dorset, there were 'no winners' in the case.
  
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• Nurse's skin melted onto supermarket rotisserie display while she tried to pick up rotisserie chicken, $1 million lawsuit alleges

  17-09-2026 17:48 via dailymail.com
  
  An Oregon woman has filed a $1M lawsuit against Fred Meyer supermarket after a chunk of her skin was melted off while buying a rotisserie chicken.
  
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• Shocking footage shows wild brawl in which teen girl, 18, was stomped on and stabbed six times by up to 10 youths

  17-09-2026 17:47 via dailymail.com
  
  An 18-year-old girl was stabbed six times in Deer Park, west Melbourne, on Wednesday night.
  
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• SNP ministers warned public sector savings hard to achieve without compulsory redundancies

  17-09-2026 17:45 via dailymail.com
  
  Compulsory redundancies may need to be considered if the Scottish Government is to meet its target of reducing the public sector workforce, an economist has warned.
  
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• Klay Rooney, 13, brutally claims Coleen ‘is only famous because of Wayne’

  17-09-2026 17:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageColeen and Wayne Rooney’s second-eldest son has adjudicated on which is the most famous parent in the trailer for the family’s upcoming Disney reality show.In the new clip, Klay Rooney, 13, is asked the question during an interview and immediately picks his former England captain father.With a cheeky grin, he explains his reasoning: ‘My mum
  
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• Means-testing disability benefits could save £8billion and cut handouts to middle-class youngsters with anxiety, Labour told

  17-09-2026 17:44 via dailymail.com
  
  Andy Burnham could slash a further £2.2billion from Britain's bloated benefits bill by limiting disability benefit claims in under-30s to those with the most severe conditions, a report found.
  
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• Huge search for missing Lillia, 13, who 'boarded bus' in Manchester five days ago

  17-09-2026 17:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The search continues for 13-year-old Lillia Lloyd Walton who was reported missing on Friday
  
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• Celebrity Traitors makes list of most unifying moments of last 25 years

  17-09-2026 17:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Celebrity Traitors has been listed among the top 20 unifying moments of last 25 years - alongside sporting celebrations and Royal weddings
  
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• Afghan migrant who raped two 14-year-old girls at his flat after grooming them on Snapchat and plying them with vodka is jailed for 14 years

  17-09-2026 17:34 via dailymail.com
  
  Sultani Bakatash, 29, targeted one of the girls on the social media app before inviting her and a friend to his flat in Bolton, Greater Manchester on December 6 last year.
  
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• World famous 'Sad Oompa Loompa' is finally all smiles after winning a Golden Ticket

  17-09-2026 17:32 via dailymail.com
  
  It was a picture that went viral around the world. But now Scotland's 'Sad Oompa Loompa' has been left grinning after she was given a starring role promoting a big-budget Willy Wonka reality show.
  
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• Nurse who shaved her head daily and claimed she was dying of cancer in £180k pension scam struck off

  17-09-2026 17:28 via dailymail.com
  
  A neonatal nurse who shaved her head and put a cannula in her arm to convince her family she was dying of leukaemia as part of a pension scam has been struck off.
  
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• Sadiq Khan mocks Zack Polanski by answering him in Urdu after Green leader released by-election campaign video in South Asian language

  17-09-2026 17:24 via dailymail.com
  
  The London mayor used the South Asian language to respond to the Green Party leader after Mr Polanski recently spoke it in a by-election campaign video.
  
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• Labour accused of taking money from dinner ladies in 'disgusting' move to pay for teachers' pay rises

  17-09-2026 17:21 via dailymail.com
  
  The GMB union, which represents 100,000 school support staff, said Education Secretary Lucy Powell 'should be ashamed' of taking money from their members.
  
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• Cheered on by his stunning girlfriend, Troy Parrott's La Liga career has burst into life and his goal against Real Madrid has already had THIS astonishing impact in his new hometown of Seville...

  17-09-2026 17:20 via dailymail.com
  
  Parrott became the sixth Irishman to score a goal against Spanish and European giants Real Madrid... we reveal the other five
  
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• Met Office names areas facing heavy rain on Friday with 19 counties at risk

  17-09-2026 17:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heavy rain and cloud could impact parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Friday, according to the latest Met Office weather forecasting maps
  
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• Klarna axes free credit card as customers say 'no way I'm paying' new £4.99 fee

  17-09-2026 17:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Klarna credit cards can be used at any store which accepts Visa, whereas a normal account with Klarna - the Swedish financial technology - only works with specific partners
  
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